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SV: SV: The International Colloquium "Al-Quds Through History"

Released on 2012-09-21 13:00 GMT

Email-ID

532407

Date

2009-10-04 15:07:26

From

tlt@teol.ku.dk

To

m.albasel@dgam.gov.sy

Dear Ammar,
Can the copy of the passport information be sent by e-mail or should I send a photo-copy by regular mail? Danish and British citizens normally can get visas directly at the airport in Damascus.
Thomas

Dear Thomas,
It is good and suitable what you have mentioned about the topics and I
hope it will be agood meeting.
About what you askes for , I need know only an abstract for each
speaker for one page to be between the of audience to have an idea.
pleas after you arrange with Dr.philip , just inform me to start with other .
adminstrative procedur (AIR PLAN, AND HOTEL RESERVATION
and I need a copy of your pasport, and C\V.

Sincerely yours
YOURS
AMMAR, )>

Quoting "Thomas L. Thompson" <tlt@teol.ku.dk>:

> Dear Ammar,
> This is very much in line with what Ingrid and I had hoped for.
> Niels Peter Lemche will certainly write himself soon, but he has
> just written to me that he will not be coming to Damascus but will
> of necessity be forced to stay in Denmark as he as been sick at the
> beginning of his semester here and must meet with his students
> through the month of December. This is unfortunate as he would have
> been a great addition to a round table discussion. I conclude that
> this means that there will be Philip Davies, Ingrid and me for the
> session. If so, I believe we can do something very productive and
> profi8table for your students. Philip is a long-standing colleage
> and old friend of mine and I will write him to coordinate the kinds
> of things we will discuss so that there will not be too much
> repetition.
> With three of us, I suggest that, generally following your plan,
> each of us speak for about 20-25 minutes, followed with about 15
> minutes discussion. Your four questions will be solid guidelines
> both for our lectures and the discussion following. I will
> concentrate on Jerusalem and the excavations there for examples of
> these issues and Ingrid, dealing with the later periods, will deal
> with the differences and conflictes between Jerusalem and Samaria. I
> will write to Philip and find out whether his topic and intersts
> can fit into such a scenario.
>
> I have one futher question. In your letter of invitation, you
> mention the need to submit in November a written form of the lecture
> for translation and eventual publication. Does this still apply for
> the roundtable discussion?
>
> I really believe that we will have a fine and successful program.
> Thanks very much.
> Thomas..
>
> ________________________________
>
> Fra: m.albasel@dgam.gov.sy [mailto:m.albasel@dgam.gov.sy]
> Sendt: l? 03-10-2009 11:46
> Til: Thomas L. Thompson
> Emne: Re: The International Colloquium "Al-Quds Through History"
>
>
>
> Dear Thomas,
> It is really important to know the details about this rundtable, and I
> will clarify as following;
> The scholars of this meeting are four: you ,Ingrid, Philip Devis and
> peter lemche (who I didnt recieve any confirm about his participation,
> only what you have mentioned to me) and every one will speak 15-20
> min, and the the main topics thar I suggest to deal with :
> 1-what is the background of biblical archaeology and its history
> 2- the relation between history and real scientific research of the bib Arch
> 3- The new prespectives of bib Arch
> 4- the use of bib Arch as an Ideology to serve a reliegous purpose.
> and its implementation in Palistine
> This is briefly what I have in mind, and if you have other topics
> please tell me.
> After helding each lecture we will give the audience 10 min to comment
> and they are from students of history and archaeology and scholars.
> all this will find place in the damascener hall in the national museum.
> Actually I propose this rundtable to avoid the usaul lectures and to
> focus on these topics.
> But I am very eager to know your opinion about this and any notices to
> avoid any complexity.
> yours Ammar
>
>
>
>
> Quoting "Thomas L. Thompson" <tlt@teol.ku.dk>:
>
>>
>>
>> Dear Ammar,
>> Yesterday evening, Ingrid and I discussed your letter to her
>> concerning the Al-Quds colloquium. We both felt we needed more
>> information before responding fully to your suggestion.
>> --Do you know how many would be involved in the roundtable
>> discussion, who they would be and what topics each would have? I
>> know that Niels Peter Lemche will be there, but am a little
>> uncertain who else has been invited. This would be important in
>> planning how to arrange, for example, the order of speakers and the
>> development of the discussion that would follow, so that it would be
>> as interesting as possible and engage the audience.
>> --What kind of an audience should we expect to have and about how
>> large? One of the problems that can come up with a roundtable or
>> panel discussion is that the speakers end up speaking only to
>> themselves and lose their audience.
>> --Would you still want us to write formal lectures for publication
>> as was originally planned?
>> This could be important for a round table discussion as it would
>> give each member a particular issue and perspective to present under
>> the general topic of "biblical archaeology between reality and
>> diffusion". If there were 3 to 6 or 7 scholars in the round-table
>> panel, one might consider that the roundtable discussion begin with
>> each scholar giving a statement of about 10-15 minutes (or
>> altogether ca. 1 hour), followed by a maximum of 30-45 minutes
>> discussion among the scholars and then opening the whole discussion
>> to include the audience. This would take about 2 to 2 1/2 hours
>> altogether.
>> Not knowing what plans you have already made, Ingrid and I both wish
>> to say that we will do our best to help with your plans as best we
>> can.
>> Sincerely and with all best wishes,
>> Thomas
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> Fra: m.albasel@dgam.gov.sy [mailto:m.albasel@dgam.gov.sy]
>> Sendt: ma 28-09-2009 08:53
>> Til: Ingrid Hjelm
>> Emne: Re: SV: SV: The International Colloquium "Al-Quds Through History"
>>
>> Dear Ingred,
>> I am glad about your participation, and your interest topic. But
>> Dr.Sultan and I sujest that instead of heldings presentations (as you
>> and thomas.
>> and others, I think we could made as a table rund, and speak about
>> main topic as (biblical archaeology between reality and diffusion)and
>> this would take about two hours.
>> pleas discus this with thomas and inform me .
>> I wish you all the best
>> Ammar
>>
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